In March Bob Riseling ’59 taught a week at Memorial University for my former student. He had a chamber concert soiree at his home in June and played a second at Western University 24 September. He also filled in for the clarinet professor there the last two weeks of October. Currently, Bob is preparing the premier of The Motor City Collection by Alan Torok, two sets of five pieces each for clarinet and piano.
We are sorry to announce that Mary Lee (Inman) Koester ’54 passed away on November 11, 2016.
Click here for a link to her obituary.
We are sorry to announce that Jean (Benninghof) Dickson ’54 passed away from a heart attack on October 3, 2016. Contact can be made with her husband, the Rev. Elmer A. Dickson, 1622 19th. Ave. W., Apt.4, Bradenton, FL 34205.
Click here for a link to her obituary.
Fred G. Miley ’59 and his wife, Judith A. Miley ’61, are both active in their Community Crisis Response Team and in the American Legion and Auxiliary. Fred continues seeing patients 40 hours a week in 4 days. They walk a mile at night, and Fred trains in Karate and Judith trains in Yoga. They both enjoy frequent family gatherings with three of their adult children and their almost-adult children. Fred says that it is an honor to belong to the John Wesley Powell Society, as they met at IWU and he remembers it vividly and fondly.
Harlan Dalluge ’58 has officially retired five times but now launched into a new endeavor–creating full color photo “statuettes” of pets, Bocce players, tennis players, grandchildren in sports, and more. Harlan and wife, Jeannine, live in a gated 55+ community with 3,000 homes and over 80 organized activities. Harlan uses his photography skills in combination with woodwork and scroll saw skills to create statuettes. They are very popular and provide enough income to allow Harlan and Jeannine to travel extensively. Great Fun for an old feller from IWU!
We are sorry to announce the passing of the following alumni –
Loren G. Davidson ‘ 51 – 10/14/2016, Audrey L. Evans ’50 – 2/20/2015, James R. Gallivan ’50 – 7/30/2013, Maurice E. Jones ’53 – 8/30/2016, Lanny R. Lobdell ’64 – 8/23/2016, Marilyn (Frances) Porzelius ’54 – 9/4/2016, Duane Quisenberry ’52 – 9/14/2016, Jane D. (Darling) Rettick ’54 – 9/29/2016, Richard A. Stoik ’51 – 11/13/2011, Douglas R. Weikel ’50 – 4/1/2013, Gene Stroner ’57 – 6/5/2016, Kenneth A. Swanson ’56 – 3/8/2013
The Rev. Dr. Donald L. Batz ’56 and Joseph Tolson ’56 celebrated their 60th year anniversary as members of Alpha Iota chapter of Sigma Chi. The Rev. Dr. Donald L. Batz served churches for 65 years in Illinois Great Rivers, Iowa and Indiana conferences, and Joseph Tolson retired from the Savings and Loans and Title Insurance in Kankakee, Illinois.
Left to Right: Joseph Tolson ’56, Donald Batz ’56
George K. Allison ‘51 is program advisor to Spaceport Indiana, which operates throughout Indiana with two main programs. Its high altitude balloon program introduces junior high and high school students to STEM subjects. Students design projects and participate in the balloon launch. The balloon may reach altitudes as high as 102,000 feet. Its GPS system allows students to track the balloon throughout its flight via satellite linkage. After recovery, the students can see the results of their experiments.
A current project is to build a reinforced balloon to circumnavigate the globe. A prototype with self-regulated altitude adjustment reached Limoges, France before violent storms destroyed it.
Spaceport Indiana also conducts adult classes in selection, maintenance and operation of drones. It uses its proprietary software to launch, route, control and retrieve both fixed- and rotary-wing drones. Allison and the principals of Spaceport Indiana have been working with drones for the past 10 years.
Click here to view the Spaceport Indiana website.